EEO/Harassment and Discrimination Prevention

Submitted by Ali Law Group PC on June 18, 2020 The United States Supreme Court issued a landmark decision on June 15, 2020, in the case of Bostock v. Clayton County, ruling that the prohibitions against discrimination “because of sex” contained in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) extend to … Read more

Submitted by Ali Law Group PC on December 26, 2019 On December 19, 2019, New Jersey enacted legislation which amends the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination’s (“NJLAD”) to make clear that hairstyle discrimination is included in the existing prohibition on race-based discrimination. The amendment became effective immediately and follows similar legislation passed in New York … Read more

Submitted by Ali Law Group PC on December 5, 2019 Effective immediately, New York State prohibits employment discrimination based on an employee’s or a dependent’s “reproductive health decision-making.” The New York State Legislature passed the bill in January, 2019 and Governor Andrew Cuomo recently signed it into law.  The law, which amends the New York … Read more

Submitted by Ali Law Group PC on November 12, 2019 Recently, there has been a surge of class action lawsuits brought against businesses claiming discrimination against the visually impaired and blind for failure to provide gift cards with Braille information on them.  Specifically, it has been reported that since October 24, 2019, over 100 putative class … Read more

Submitted by Ali Law Group PC on October 16, 2019 The New York City Council recently passed a law that will expand the New York City Human Rights Law to cover independent contractors and freelancers. The law will become effective January 11, 2020. Specifically, the anti-discrimination and retaliation provisions of the New York City Human … Read more